Q1. “Cost Accounting is an aid to management.” Substantiate.
It is true that cost accounting is an invaluable aid to management because it helps the management by providing deatiled cost information which enables management to increase efficiency and reduce wastages .
Some benefits to management from cost accounting are as follows:-
(1)Inventory control :- Cost accounting helps the management in controlling raw materials ,WIP and finished goods.
(2)Eliminates wastages:-It provides detailed information of cost which helps in reducing wastages.
(3)Helps in making estimates:- It helps in estimating cost by analysing detailed information of cost.
(4)Helps in making comparisons:- It helps in comparing cost information with budgeted which helps management to take future economic decisions.
“Accounting is supposed to be an aid to management – accounting is not something to be done as an end in itself.”a) Explain the above statement based on your understanding.
18. A budget A) is a substitute for management. B) is an aid to management. C) can operate or enforce itself. D) is the responsibility of the accounting department. 19. Accounting generally has the responsibility for A) setting company goals. expressing the budget in financial terms. c) enforcing the budget. D) administration of the budget. B)
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